Being Thrifty

This post was originally published on DIY Network’s blog Made + Remade in June 2012. Some of the best garage sale purchases we’ve made over the last few years haven’t been in the furniture or decor departments – they’ve been […]

This post was originally published on DIY Network’s blog Made + Remade in May 2012.
I have a crazy penchant for touring springtime garage sales. With the change in seasons, they’ve just started to pick up …

This post was originally published on DIY Network’s blog Made + Remade in March 2015.
The metal cabinets installed in our entryway were owed new handles as part of being refinished. The vintage handle set that …

It was exactly one week after my big win–the opportunity to get a set of vintage oak table and chairs from our local library–and almost two years after having learned that they were going to open a new, …

Unlike previous years where I hoarded up all of the cheap candles and rehab-able decor that I could find, my sights were more focused this year when we browsed garage sales on sunny Saturdays. I collected almost …

Hey, update alert! I've seen lots of other new parents following this same "informal" trend of using IKEA furniture as the base for a changing table. High-five for deciding to save a few $$/using what you have/avoiding …

Rochesterians: Carve out some time in your day to check out this new mid-century amazing shop in the South Wedge. It's about time that you introduce yourself to Amanda and Ariane, new owners of Abode, …

I spend a lot of time in salvage shops in town, often donating, often looking for new treasures that would fit well into our blossoming home. Recently, a round mirror I salvaged worked out perfectly for a project …

In preparing for our wedding, I sourced local salvage shops with greater than normal frequency to find candles, votives, vases, trays, scrap wood, you name it, and sometimes, which, less face it, was almost all …

Ahh, the beaming light shone from a brand-new-but-vintage-y filament bulb, it's the perfect finishing detail for my latest DIY project. Did you know they sold a brand of affordable filament bulbs at the Home Depot? …

It's been 2 years since I brought home a bargain-priced ribcage-like bentwood magazine holder from a garage sale. I had fine intentions of repainting it way back then since the white finish on it had …